Our daily voyage around the world

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel and Palestine exchanged airstrikes amidst preparations for a wider conflict. Palestinian militant groups launched nearly 500 total rockets at Israel yesterday with no injuries or deaths reported, while Israel’s army carried out a series of airstrikes targeting militant bases that killed a reported seven Palestinians. The violence came one day after Israeli airstrikes killed three senior Palestinian militant commanders, as well as 10 other civilians including several of the commanders’ children. While officials from Egypt and the UN are currently trying to broker a ceasefire, military leaders from both sides said yesterday that the conflict will likely continue for the foreseeable future.

🧬 A global team of 100+ scientists published an updated, more inclusive version of the human genome. While the previous fully-mapped human genome was largely based on DNA from a single mixed-race man, the new “pangenome” incorporates full genetic sequences from 47 people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, including African Americans, East Asians, West Africans, South Americans, and Caribbean people. The results could greatly increase the efficacy of personalized medicine in America and around the world, per a peer-reviewed study published yesterday in Nature.

🇬🇧 The UK government walked back its commitment to removing all EU laws by the end of this year. Instead of revoking all ~4,000 EU laws still on the books since Britain left in 2020, the government will instead remove around 1,100 specific laws, many of them relating to financial services and markets. The reversal came after the UK government received pushback on its initial proposal from domestic businesses and some lawmakers.